2009–10 GP2 Asia Series

The 2009–10 GP2 Asia Series season was the third season of the GP2 Asia Series. It began on 31 October 2009 and ended on 14 March 2010 after four double-header rounds. All teams from the 2009 GP2 Series season except for Racing Engineering were due to take part, with the thirteenth slot being filled by MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com. Durango withdrew from the season for financial reasons.[1] The season was the last to use the first specification of the GP2 car, as used in Europe between 2005 and 2007.[2]

2009–10 GP2 Asia Series
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Davide Valsecchi of iSport International won the drivers' championship title, clinching it with three races to spare, in Bahrain after a comprehensive performance in the first five races, winning a race at each of the first three meetings with two seconds before clinching the title. He added a fourth second place at the final round, to seal a 27-point championship-winning margin. Second place was settled by a tie-breaker between a pair of Italian drivers, MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com driver Luca Filippi and DPR's Giacomo Ricci. Despite not scoring in any of the sprint races to be held, a win and two second places in feature races for Filippi compared to six top-five finishes – including a first GP2 win at the final Bahrain race – for Ricci allowed Filippi to take the runner-up spot. Arden International drivers completed the top-five placings with Javier Villa fourth despite missing the first meeting at Abu Dhabi, and Charles Pic fifth, the only other driver to win a race during the campaign, winning at the first Bahrain meeting. In the teams' championship, iSport won the championship with two races to spare, after the points amassed by Valsecchi and Oliver Turvey put them out of reach of their rivals. Second place, 36 points behind iSport, were Arden due to the strong performances of Villa and Pic, while Ricci's DPR squad finished third, a point further back.

Entry list

Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
DAMS	1	Christian Vietoris[3]	All
	2	Edoardo Piscopo[3]	All
Piquet GP	3	Vladimir Arabadzhiev[4]	1
	4	Daniel Zampieri[4]	1
Rapax[5]	3	Vladimir Arabadzhiev	2–4
	4	Daniel Zampieri	2–3
		Luiz Razia[6]	4
Barwa Addax Team	5	Max Chilton[7]	1, 3–4
		Giedo van der Garde[8]	2
	6	Luiz Razia[9]	1
		Sergio Pérez[10]	2–3
		Rodolfo González[2]	4
ART Grand Prix	7	Marcus Ericsson[11]	1
		Jules Bianchi[12]	2–4
	8	Sam Bird[13]	All
Arden International	11	Charles Pic[14]	All
	12	Rodolfo González[14]	1
		Javier Villa[15]	2–4
Super Nova Racing	14	James Jakes[16]	1
		Marcus Ericsson[17]	2
		Jake Rosenzweig[18]	3–4
	15	Josef Král[19]	All
iSport International	16	Oliver Turvey[20]	All
	17	Davide Valsecchi[21]	All
Trident Racing	18	Johnny Cecotto Jr.[22]	1
		Dani Clos[23]	2, 4
		Adrian Zaugg[24]	3
	19	Plamen Kralev[25]	All
MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com	20	Luca Filippi[26]	All
	21	Diego Nunes[27]	1
		Alexander Rossi[28]	2–4
Ocean Racing Technology	22	Alexander Rossi[29]	1
		Max Chilton[30]	2
		Yelmer Buurman[31]	3–4
	23	Fabio Leimer[29]	All
Scuderia Coloni	24	Roldán Rodríguez[32]	1
		Alberto Valerio[33]	2
		Álvaro Parente	3–4
	25	Will Bratt[34]	All
DPR	26	Michael Herck	All
	27	Giacomo Ricci[35]	All

Calendar

The season started with a two-day test over 23–24 October 2009 in Abu Dhabi at the new Yas Marina Circuit.[36] The series returned there a week later for the opening championship rounds, in support of the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.[37]

A further round took place in Abu Dhabi, before the series moved to Bahrain.[37]

Race Calendar and results

Round		Circuit/Location	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1	R1	Yas Marina Circuit	31 October	Davide Valsecchi	Davide Valsecchi	Davide Valsecchi	iSport International	Report
	R2		1 November		Davide Valsecchi	Christian Vietoris	DAMS
2	R1	Yas Marina Circuit	5 February	Charles Pic	Davide Valsecchi	Oliver Turvey	iSport International	Report
	R2		6 February		Davide Valsecchi	Davide Valsecchi	iSport International
3	R1	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	26 February	Jules Bianchi	Javier Villa	Davide Valsecchi	iSport International	Report
	R2		27 February		Giacomo Ricci	Charles Pic	Arden International
4	R1	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	13 March	Luca Filippi	Luca Filippi	Luca Filippi	MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com	Report
	R2		14 March		Sam Bird	Giacomo Ricci	DPR

Results

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers in the Feature race, and to the top 6 classified finishers in the Sprint race. The pole-sitter in the feature race will also receive two points, and one point is given to the driver who set the fastest lap inside the top ten in both the feature and sprint races. No extra points are awarded to the pole-sitter in the sprint race.

Feature race points

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Points	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Sprint race points

Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver YMC1 YMC2 BHR1 BHR2 Points 1 Davide Valsecchi 1 2 2 1 1 20 2 4 56 2 Luca Filippi 2 8 14† 17 2 18 1 8 29 3 Giacomo Ricci Ret Ret 5 3 4 2 5 1 29 4 Javier Villa 4 11 3 3 7 6 19 5 Charles Pic Ret 15 10 8 5 1 3 19 18 6 Oliver Turvey 8 4 1 5 9 6 9 11 17 7 Sam Bird 18† 18 Ret Ret 13 4 6 2 12 8 Álvaro Parente 6 Ret 4 3 12 9 Alexander Rossi 4 5 6 9 Ret Ret 11 5 12 10 Christian Vietoris 6 1 Ret 14 14 9 Ret 14 9 11 Josef Král 5 3 9 Ret 21 11 16 10 8 12 Jules Bianchi 3 7 10 NC 10 Ret 8 13 Michael Herck 13 9 7 2 23 13 18 Ret 7 14 James Jakes 3 10 6 15 Sergio Pérez 12 4 7 17 5 16 Edoardo Piscopo 9 7 Ret 16 15 5 8 DNS 3 17 Johnny Cecotto Jr. 7 6 3 18 Max Chilton 16 17 8 6 18 12 19† 15 2 19 Adrian Zaugg 8 19 1 20 Vladimir Arabadzhiev Ret Ret 13 10 17 7 12 9 0 21 Yelmer Buurman 12 10 13 7 0 22 Daniel Zampieri 15 Ret Ret 15 11 8 0 23 Roldán Rodríguez 10 14 0 24 Marcus Ericsson 11 12 17† 12 0 25 Will Bratt 12 Ret 11 21† 16 Ret 15 16 0 26 Luiz Razia Ret 11 Ret 13 0 27 Dani Clos Ret 13 14 12 0 28 Diego Nunes Ret 13 0 29 Rodolfo González 14 16 Ret Ret 0 30 Jake Rosenzweig 19 14 17 17 0 31 Fabio Leimer 17 Ret Ret Ret 20 15 Ret DNS 0 32 Alberto Valerio 15 18 0 33 Plamen Kralev Ret Ret 16 20 22 16 Ret 18 0 34 Giedo van der Garde Ret 19 0 Pos Driver YMC1 YMC2 BHR1 BHR2 Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

• † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Teams' Championship

Pos Team Car No. YMC1 YMC2 BHR1 BHR2 Points 1 iSport International 16 8 4 1 5 9 6 9 11 73 17 1 2 2 1 1 20 2 4 2 Arden International 11 Ret 15 10 8 5 1 3 19 37 12 14 16 4 11 3 3 7 6 3 DPR 26 13 9 7 2 23 13 18 Ret 36 27 Ret Ret 5 3 4 2 5 1 4 MalaysiaQi-Meritus.com 20 2 8 14† 17 2 18 1 8 34 21 Ret 13 6 9 Ret Ret 11 5 5 ART Grand Prix 7 11 12 3 7 10 NC 10 Ret 20 8 18† 18 Ret Ret 13 4 6 2 6 Super Nova Racing 14 3 10 17† 12 19 14 17 17 14 15 5 3 9 Ret 21 11 16 10 7 DAMS 1 6 1 Ret 14 14 9 Ret 14 12 2 9 7 Ret 16 15 5 8 DNS 8 Scuderia Coloni 24 10 14 15 18 6 Ret 4 3 12 25 12 Ret 11 21† 16 Ret 15 16 9 Ocean Racing Technology 22 4 5 8 6 12 10 13 7 9 23 17 Ret Ret Ret 20 15 Ret DNS 10 Barwa Addax Team 5 16 17 Ret 19 18 12 19† 15 5 6 Ret 11 12 4 7 17 Ret Ret 11 Trident Racing 18 7 6 Ret 13 8 19 14 12 4 19 Ret Ret 16 20 22 16 Ret 18 12 Piquet GP Rapax 3 Ret Ret 13 10 17 7 12 9 0 4 15 Ret Ret 15 11 8 Ret 13 Pos Team Car No. YMC1 YMC2 BHR1 BHR2 Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

• † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

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External links

• GP2 Asia Series official website